Quote of the day
The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins.
Ian Niall

Born: 1916
Died: 2002  (aged 86)
Bio: Ian Niall, born John Kincaid McNeillie, was a writer from Galloway in Scotland. He wrote his works under both names. He was born in Old Kilpatrick, to parents from the Machars in South West Scotland.
Known for:
- The Poacher's Handbook (1950)
 - A Galloway childhood (1967)
 - The way of a countryman (1965)
 - English Country Traditions (1988)
 - If the Corncrake Calls
 







